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Sydney · Hotels & licensing

Hotels & licensing, 1941

778 stories in Sydney's papers · page 5 of 39

The Froth on a Pint of Beer Publican's Victory

Truth · Sunday 16 February 1941 · page 22

WHEN you, with your tongue hanging out on a scorching day, go in to quaff your amber ale, how…

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Revolver Shot in Hotel

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 17 February 1941 · page 7

Police went to the Wynyard Hotel, Erskine Street, City, yesterday, following a report by two soldiers that a man had produced a revolver and fired at…

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New Chairman for Licensing Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 18 February 1941 · page 8

Mr. J. B. Scobie, Stipendiary Magistrate of Sydney, will be the new chairman of the Licensing Court in place of Mr. J. W. M. Laidlaw, who is due to…

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Hotel Licences Transferred

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 18 February 1941 · page 3

The following transfers of hotel licences were granted by the Metropolitan Licensing Court yesterday:— Pfahlert's Hotel, Margaret street, city,…

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No "Immunity" for Hotels. Law Must Be Observed, Says Magistrate. DUBBO

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 19 February 1941 · page 13

"Licensees in Dubbo appear to believe that they are immune from the provisions of the Act It is not the fault of the local police as they receive…

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District Court. (Before Judge Holt,) Goods Lost at Hotel

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 19 February 1941 · page 6

Emanuel Jacobs, merchant, of Bradley's Avenue, Bellevue Hill, sued John Spencer, representing Lloyds, of London, to recover £100 under an insurance policy…

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Warns Hotels Not Immune

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 19 February 1941 · page 7

DUBBO, Tuesday.--Hotel licensees seemed to think they were Immune from the Licensing Act. said Mr. R. G. Cookson, P.M., in Dubbo Police Court today…

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Betting in Hotel Licensee Fined for Permitting

Nepean Times · Thursday 20 February 1941 · page 7

Mr F. A. Mahoney, S.M., held a special polips court in Panrith on Thursday to hear a case in which Henry Doab, formerly licensee of the…

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Australian Jewish Welfare Society Migrants' Consultative Committee. Re Wireless Licenses

The Hebrew Standard of Australasia · Thursday 20 February 1941 · page 2

The following are letters to and from the Postmaster General in reference to the above. We trust that the information contained in the following letters will be…

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Action Against Big Hotels. Alleged Breaches of Law

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 20 February 1941 · page 7

It was stated in Ministerial circles yesterday that the police were taking legal action against the licensees of several large residential hotels in Sydney for alleged breaches…

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Mundarrah Kennels. Knacker's License Again Refused. Lively Council Meeting

The Biz · Thursday 20 February 1941 · page 6

Writing to Cabra-Vale Council at its i meeting on Monday night, Mrs. A. Campbell-Cowie, of St. John's Park (whose application for renewal of knacker's…

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New Building Ban on Hotels

The Sun · Friday 21 February 1941 · page 5

Hotel rebuilding in New South Wales will be reduced almost to nothing, licensing authorities estimate, as a result of the Federal…

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Control of Hotel Building. £5,000 Limit Reduced to £1,000. CANBERRA

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 21 February 1941 · page 9

An amendment of the National Security Building Control Retulational, [?] to-day, reduces from £6,000 to £1,000 the limit which may be spent without consent…

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Investor's Diary. Menzies Hotel

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 21 February 1941 · page 7

A sharp fall in profits was revealed in the accounts of Menzies Hotel, Ltd., of Melbourne, for the year ended June 30 last, the…

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Hotel Edict Hits Builders

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 22 February 1941 · page 5

Whereas £900,000 was spent on hotel improvements in New South Wales last year, it was doubtful if the figure would be £9000 this year, a licensing…

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Hotel Workers Are Starved London

Truth · Sunday 23 February 1941 · page 14

THE "Daily Herald" complains of "overworked, underpaid, and now, often hungry hotel workers in Britain, seeing their ration books…

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Law Report. in Bankruptcy. (Before Mr. Justice Lukin.) King's Cross Hotel

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 24 February 1941 · page 5

Re John Elwin Doyle. This was a motion in which the Official Receiver as trustee in the estate of John Elwin Doyle sought a declaration: (1) That between…

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Police Raids on Big Hotels. Customers Fined

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 25 February 1941 · page 8

Twenty-four men were fined by the Chief Licensing Magistrate, Mr. Laidlaw, yesterday as a result of police visits to Usher's, the Carlton, and…

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Police Raid Hotel Bars

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 25 February 1941 · page 7

Simultaneous raids on three big city hotels on January 24 brought to the Licensing Court yesterday 23 people charged…

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Bribery Charge Alleged Collection for Captain. Liverpool Taxis and Hotels

Liverpool News · Thursday 27 February 1941 · page 4

The hearing was continued last week at the Central Police Court, before Mr. Sutherland, S.M., of the case in which Carlton John Waugh, 43 (a military…

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